{"id":1978455,"date":"2023-07-20T12:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-begs-fans-to-do-the-right-thing-and-buy-tickets-as-womens-world-cup-gets-underway-with-many-unsold-seats\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:50:16","slug":"fifa-begs-fans-to-do-the-right-thing-and-buy-tickets-as-womens-world-cup-gets-underway-with-many-unsold-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-begs-fans-to-do-the-right-thing-and-buy-tickets-as-womens-world-cup-gets-underway-with-many-unsold-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA urges fans to &#8216;act responsibly&#8217; and purchase tickets as Women&#8217;s World Cup begins with numerous empty seats."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffifa-begs-fans-to-do-the-right-thing-and-buy-tickets-as-womens-world-cup-gets-underway-with-many-unsold-seats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>FIFA Begs Fans to &#8216;Do the Right Thing&#8217; and Buy Tickets as Women&#8217;s World Cup Gets Underway with Many Unsold Seats<\/h2>\n<p>With the \u200dWomen\u2019s World Cup getting underway Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/19\/football\/gianni-infantino-wwc-2023-new-zealand-spt-intl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported Wednesday that FIFA was still struggling to sell tickets to the \u200cmonthlong\u200c event, which is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort\u200d to turn that around, FIFA President Gianni Infantino implored \u2064New Zealanders to purchase tickets\u200d for the women\u2019s soccer showcase.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand, we \u200cwant you. We need you,\u201d \u200cInfantino said \u2062during a news conference Wednesday in \u200dAuckland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never too late to do the right thing. \u2064Come to watch the matches. We need \u200bfull stadiums to warm us all up,\u201d he added, emphasizing the significance of enthusiastic support from the home crowd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Joining Infantino was FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura, who echoed his sentiments and encouraged Kiwis not to\u200c delay\u2064 in \u200csecuring their tickets.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe still have tickets available for some matches, \u2063so my only plea is don\u2019t wait until the last moment,\u201d Samoura said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u2062part of\u200d the efforts to entice fans\u200d to attend the matches, the accounting firm Xero, an official\u200c partner of the Women\u2019s World Cup, offered \u200c20,000 free tickets for games in New Zealand\u2019s four host cities, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>While the complimentary ticket allocation\u2062 has\u2064 been fully utilized, the remaining tickets left unsold indicate \u2062interest in the event remains low.<\/p>\n<p>The exact \u200dreason is unclear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/womens-world-cup-new-zealand-ticket-sales-b8c7af5b118962c8dc31e56e0de56c6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a> \u200dnoted that\u2064 the country\u2019s Football Ferns have \u2064never won a World Cup \u200dgroup match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA larger problem,\u201d it \u2063said, \u201cis that soccer is not generally a widely supported\u200c sport in New Zealand and\u2064 attracting fans to \u2064stadiums in the\u200d coldest months of the year was always going to\u200c be a hard sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, \u200bthe women\u2019s\u200d soccer team has\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/womens-soccer-team-skips-representing-united-states-olympic-opening-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alienated<\/a> many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jay-leno-seems-to-defend-cancel-culture-you-either-change-with-the-times-or-you-die\/\" title=\"Jay Leno Seems To Defend Cancel Culture: \u2018You Either Change With The Times Or You Die\u2019\">conservative fans<\/a>\u200d with liberal political \u2064rants and social justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-womens-soccer-players-use-wristbands-field-political-protest-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino, in his \u200dunwavering support for the women\u2019s game, continued to promote the sport in\u200c an effort to sell \u200bmore \u200btickets.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He confidently addressed the skepticism \u200bpeople have for women\u2019s soccer, saying, \u201cMany people \u2026 still\u200b believe \u200dthat\u2063 women\u2019s football is not, you know, great, \u200da great game or it\u2019s\u2062 not\u200b so entertaining \u200dor it\u2019s a\u200d kind of\u200d a bad copy of men\u2019s \u2062football, or some stuff like that. Well, when they watch a game for the first time, they \u200cwill actually \u2064see that it\u2019s a fantastic\u2063 game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Infantino\u2019s claim that women\u2019s soccer is on an equal footing with the men\u2019s game has \u200bbeen undermined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-womens-soccer-team-trash-talks-club-retirees-ends-losing-12-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">matches<\/a> where top women\u2019s teams have lost to amateur men \u2064and \u200ceven \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/soccer\/news\/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to\u200b the significance of this Women\u2019s World Cup, FIFA has moved to bring players\u2019 pay closer to what \u200dthe men receive in the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA is ensuring direct payments to the female \u2063participants, marking the first time in history that such \u2064compensation is guaranteed. Each \u2062player participating in the\u200d tournament will receive a minimum of\u200b $30,000 from a record $110 \u200dmillion prize\u200d pot.<\/p>\n<h3>Should female athletes be paid the\u2064 same as male athletes if their games bring in \u2064less\u200b revenue?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should\u200d female athletes be \u2062paid\u2063 the \u2063same\u200c as male athletes\u2062 if their games bring \u200din less \u2063revenue?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n    <label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n    <label>No<\/label><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>      \u2063  Completing this\u2062 poll\u2063 entitles\u2063 you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt \u2063out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of \u200bUse<\/a>.\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>      \u2064Yes: 0%\u200c (0 Votes)<br \/>\n   \u200b\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>      \u200c    No: 100% (1 Votes)\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to a March\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/womens-football\/news\/gianni-infantino-announces-significant-investment-increase-for-fifa-womens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>, Infantino said that \u200c\u201ca\u2062 total package \u200dof USD \u2062152 million would be on \u2064offer at this year\u2019s tournament \u2013 three times more than \u200dat the previous FIFA Women\u2019s World \u2062Cup\u200b in France four years ago and \u2063over 10 \u2062times more than the amount offered at the \u200b2015 tournament in\u200b Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move reflects the efforts of the USWNT and others in \u200blobbying for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-caught-using-extremely-dishonest-tactic-smear-ex-host-now-works-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-sowell-brutally-debunk-a-feminist-to-her-face\/\" title=\"Watch Sowell expertly dismantle a feminist's arguments.\">equal \u200cpay<\/a><\/a> despite the undeniable reality \u2064that women\u2019s soccer \u200bgenerates less revenue and has a smaller fan base than men\u2019s \u2063soccer.<\/p>\n<p>The passionate pleas from Infantino and Samoura underscore the disparity between how the liberal media\u2064 view women\u2019s soccer and how most\u2063 of the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-begs-fans-to-do-the-right-thing-and-buy-tickets-as-womens-world-cup-gets-underway-with-many-unsold-seats\/\" title=\"FIFA urges fans to 'act responsibly' and purchase tickets as Women's World Cup begins with numerous empty seats.\">ticket-buying public sees<\/a> the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fifa-begs-fans-right-thing-buy-tickets-womens-world-cup-gets-underway-many-unsold-seats\/\">FIFA Begs Fans to &#8216;Do the Right Thing&#8217; and Buy Tickets \u200bas\u2063 Women&#8217;s\u200d World \u2064Cup Gets Underway with Many Unsold Seats<\/a> appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA is facing ticket sale challenges for the Women&#8217;s World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. To address this, FIFA President Gianni Infantino urged New Zealanders to buy tickets for the monthlong event, as reported by CNN. The tournament begins on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2115,"featured_media":1978456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}